TNC’s work is part of a broader project with the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Science to restore oyster reefs across the city, where there are now four projects in three areas. The first launched in Deep Bay at the settlement of Lau Fau Shan in May 2018. The following year, the project installed a second reef at Tolo Harbor, to the east, that is being used as a biofilter to support a fish farm. Then in June 2021, the project established another reef on the grounds of Hong Kong’s airport on the north of Lantau Island.

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Atypical BSE is rarer than classical BSE and happens spontaneously, usually in older cows. Ireland got access to export frozen boneless beef to China in April 2018. Exports grew until 2020 when trade was suspended in line with a sanitary agreement. Illnesses have also been reported after the consumption of oysters at another restaurant in Mong Kok.

Sun-drying is a dehydration process, which concentrates the distinctive savoury fragrance and subtle sweetness of seafood. Marine ecosystems are more complex than we may ever understand. However, 生蠔直送 do know that healthy, balanced oceans are vital to the survival of not only ourselves, but the various creatures that depend on them – many of which we eat. Fishermen have always formed the backbone of Hong Kong society.

Oyster Island

Hong Kong’s coasts and islands have fostered a lively community of sportspeople who spend their leisure time on the water, from wakeboarders, to kitesurfers, and scuba divers. The annual Dragon Boat Festival features races all over Hong Kong, with beating drums, delicious food, and healthy competition making for cheerful, lively events that the whole city looks forward to. And who can forget Hong Kong’s pride and joy, Lee Lai-Shan, the windsurfer who grew up on the modest fishing island of Cheung Chau and ended up winning at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – the city’s first ever Olympic medal. This much-loved seafood joint serves British classics in elegant yet laidback surrounds. Aside from smoked fish and hearty pies, look out for the impressive selection of jet-fresh oysters served over ice. Come during “Oyster Wednesdays” when a single variety of oyster goes for $10 a pop from 6pm onwards.

Dried seafood

Image by Peter Yeung for Mongabay.Mangroves at Pak Nai. Image by Peter Yeung for Mongabay.The reef she speaks of is new, one of several her team fashioned from the old posts in the mudflats off Pak Nai, a historic hamlet along Deep Bay in Hong Kong’s northern New Territories region. These diverse habitats provide homes for fish and other marine life.